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cn type 8686

Mint
Philippopolis 🔍  

Region: Thrace  

Typology

Date

147-176 AD

Roman Imperial Period 🔍

Obverse
Legend
ΦΑVϹΤΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Design
Draped bust of Faustina II, right.
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Reverse
Legend
ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ
Design
Demeter standing left, holding patera and torch; at her feet, altar.
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Persons

Sitter: Faustina II. 🔍  

Metrology
Denomination
4 unit 🔍  
Material
bronze 🔍  
Diameter
Max: 27.1 mm / Min: 26.6 mm
Average Weight
10.60 g (1x)
Axes
7 (1x)
Citation

Varbanov, The Coinage of Philippopolis. Vol. II Catalogue 2, Bourgas 2019 p. 124, nr. IX.5  (Altar not mentioned by Varbanov.)  ❐

Heuchert, RPC IV: Roman Provincial Coinage. Vol. IV: From Antoninus Pius to Commodus (AD 138–192). online (temporary), http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/ nr. 7495  (Altar not mentioned in RPC.)  ❐

Literature

Web Reference: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/7495 ❐

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cn type 8686, in: Corpus Nummorum, https://www.corpus-nummorum.eu/en/types/8686 [Last downloaded: 2026/03/24]

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